Industrial Revolution

By JackyChan938
  • Steam engine invented

    Steam engine invented

    Thomas Newcomen invents the first productive steam engine
  • Silk throwing factory

    Silk throwing factory

    John Lombe opens the first silk throwing factory in Great Britain in Derby.
  • the flying shuttle

    the flying shuttle

    James Kay invents a simple weaving machine called the Flying Shuttle
  • small fridge

    small fridge

    Professor William Cullen designs a small refrigerator machine at the University of Glasgow.
  • the spinning mule

    the spinning mule

    Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule, which combines spinning and weaving into one machine.
  • power loom

    power loom

    Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom, which replaces the flying shuttle.
  • cotton mill

    cotton mill

    Beverly Cotton Manufactory, the first cotton mill in America, opens in Beverly Massachusetts and is powered by horses.
  • cotton gin

    cotton gin

    Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin which greatly increases the production of cotton
  • puffing devil

    puffing devil

    Richard Trevithick test drives the world’s first steam-powered locomotive, called the “Puffing Devil” or “Puffer” on the streets of Camborne, England.
  • death to who destroys machines

    death to who destroys machines

    Parliament passes a law making it illegal by penalty of death to destroy industrial machines.
  • steel plow

    steel plow

    A blacksmith, John Deere, invents the steel plow in Illinois.